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An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include SC Electric Cooperatives, Duke Energy Carolinas and Laurens Commission of Public Works, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Clinton Combined Utility System also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider. For the parent company's combined picture, see Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.
Outage history — Laurens County, SC
Last significant outage: Sep 23, 2026 — peaked at 851 customers, restored in ~2.7 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 6 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 6.1 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 25, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Laurens County, SC
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
475 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 1 major event of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~2.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~27,984 customers out in September 2024, restored after about 11.7 days. The busiest year on record here was 2018.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level
records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Communities covered
Communities in Laurens County include Clinton, Gray Court, Cross Hill, Waterloo, Joanna, Mountville, Princeton and Watts Mills. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in Laurens County, SC?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Laurens include SC Electric Cooperatives, Duke Energy Carolinas, Laurens Commission of Public Works and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
